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Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei 1999

A movie about a Brazilian entrepreneur who rivalled American's richest man at his time, well-known Rockfeller. Irineu Evangelista de Souza in 1867 had $155.000 contos de reis, meanwhile the Brazilian Governement annual budget was 97.000 contos de reis. The movie shows his life from poverty to riches and back to poverty again, as is common in Brazil, rich people die poor.

Directed by: Sérgio Rezende
Written by: Sérgio Rezende & Paulo Halm & Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho
Release date: 1999-10-15
Runtime: 132 minutes
Cast:
Paulo Betti Paulo Betti
Mauá 
Malu Mader Malu Mader
May 
Othon Bastos Othon Bastos
Visconde de Feitosa 
Michael Byrne Michael Byrne
Mr. Carruthers 
Antônio Pitanga Antônio Pitanga
Valentim 
Rodrigo Penna Rodrigo Penna
D. Pedro II 
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